Juan works for a college that offers correspondence courses. She works in the mailroom department stuffing envelopes with the replies of professors to students. She then seals the envelopes and puts them in an outgoing bin. She finds that on this job she has a lot of time for daydreaming. You would expect the organizational structure in her department should be:
A) mechanistic.
B) organic.
C) high in variety.
D) unanalyzable.

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The job described is routine and repetitive, which is characteristic of a mechanistic organizational structure that emphasizes efficiency and standardization.

Juan Works for a College That Offers Correspondence Courses